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Asteroid Florence has two moons
phys.org ^
| September 6, 2017
Posted on 09/06/2017 6:56:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Radar images obtained between August 29 and September 1, when Florence came closest to Earth, reveal that the asteroid is about 2.8 miles (4.5 kilometers) in size, the US space agency said.
It said the two moons were probably between 300-1,000 feet (100-300 meters) across.
The inner moon takes approximately eight hours to revolve around Florence while the outer moon takes between 22 and 27 hours, NASA said.
NASA said the radar images of Florence, which was discovered in 1981, were obtained by the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 3122florence; asteroid; asteroidflorence; catastrophism; florence; moons
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posted on
09/06/2017 6:56:19 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
For a second I thought I read two moms...
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
09/06/2017 7:00:24 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: BenLurkin
Isn’t one of the definitions of a planet is having a moon?
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posted on
09/06/2017 7:13:33 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: BenLurkin
But Planet Claire has pink hair.
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posted on
09/06/2017 7:58:00 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: BenLurkin
I gotcher alien moon RIGHT HERE!
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posted on
09/06/2017 8:18:16 PM PDT
by
null and void
(I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
To: null and void
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posted on
09/06/2017 8:45:30 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Common Sense 101
Good Grief. Me too.
That can’t be good.
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posted on
09/06/2017 8:57:28 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Those who sit on the picket fence are impaled by it.)
To: raybbr
Mercury and Venus have no moons. A planet by definition is round[ish], orbits the sun, and dominates its orbit.
To: Common Sense 101
No, no, CS101, that’s Asteroid Heather who has two moms.
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posted on
12/11/2017 2:21:42 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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